Excellent as it is to get needed help to the victims of disasters, it is immeasurably better to stop a disaster from happening at all.

虽然能为灾难受害者提供需要的帮助是非常好，能阻止灾难的发生就更好了。

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Excellencies, you have the power to stop and reverse the noncommunicable disease disaster.

各位阁下，你们有力量来遏制并逆转非传染性疾病这一灾难。

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"Yes, it’s good to be spiritual, but praying in the face of disaster will not stop the disaster," says Emmerich in an interview with Time Out magazine.

“当然，拥有宗教信仰是件好事，但在灾难面前祷告并不会阻止灾难的发生，”在一次《Time Out》的专访中艾默里奇说。

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Mayor Bloomberg should stop penning op-eds, stop diverting resources from disaster recovery, and stop setting himself up to preen for the cameras at the finish line.

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If you have a situation where the rich are fully satisfied with their portfolios, and these are insured against depreciation and disaster, then the rich will stop spending.

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